create javascript date UTC

javascript date datetime utc

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Use the Date.UTC() method:

var TheDate = new Date( Date.UTC(2012, 10, 5) );
console.log( TheDate.toUTCString() );

returns

Mon, 05 Nov 2012 00:00:00 GMT

Date.UTC

Accepts the same parameters as the longest form of the constructor, and returns the number of milliseconds in a Date object since January 1, 1970, 00:00:00, universal time.

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Updated on July 09, 2022

Comments

frenchie almost 2 years
Let's say I type the following code in the console:
```
var TheDate = new Date(2012, 10, 5);
TheDate.toUTCString();
"Sun, 04 Nov 2012 23:00:00 GMT" (I'm +1 hour ahead of GMT)
```
The result is that the date is actually set to the local time. How do I create a Date that's set to UTC? If I do TheDate.toUTCString() I want it to say 05 Nov 2012 00:00:00 GMT.

Thanks.
Jake T. about 7 years

What is the functional difference between new Date( Date.UTC(2012, 10, 5) ); and Date.UTC(2012, 10, 5); ?
Sirko about 7 years

@JakeT. Date.UTC() just returns the timestamp (a number). new Date( Date.UTC() ) will return a Date object.
JamesB over 4 years

This doesn't answer the question. The author wants a Date object, moment.utc does not return a Date.
Josh Bowling over 3 years

I run TheDate.getTimezoneOffset();. I don't get 0 as I would expect, any idea how to resolve this?
RobG over 2 years

@JoshBowling—a Date object doesn't have an offset, they're UTC. getTimezoneOffset returns the offset for the host system for the moment in time represented by the Date. Change system settings to a timezone with a different offset and getTimezoneOffset will return a different value.